LibraryofBirmingham

ALT Drawing of a single acting engine with a 30-inch cylinder, an 8 foot stroke and a chain connection. The words White Gritt Engine April 1783 in the top left of the diagram.

ALT A map of Birmingham city centre. Title is City of Birmingham Inner Ring Road Scheme. Orientation of the ring road across the city centre highlighted in bold lines, chiefly in the centre of the map. A scale at the bottom of the map.

ALT A photograph of a headstone. Bare trees above the headstone which has a triangular head. A medallion insert reading – In Loving Memory of. A list of names of the occupants below this.

ALT A line drawing of a rugby player in movement with a ball held in his arm. Words in the top left read - Midland Counties and below this, the cost of the booklet. Words in the bottom right read - Rugby Football Handbook 1969 - 1970.

ALT Two copies of a book on a box - front covers facing on. Title of the book is This Way Up. Illustrations of two globes facing each other on the front cover. Large arrow pointing at a land mass at the top of the globes. An office space behind the books, consisting of desks and two doors leading to other rooms.

ALT A page from a book. A photograph of a factory in the centre of the page on a street corner. Facia at the top of the building reads – S Croft City Machinery Stores. Cars and pedestrians outside of the factory. Text in the border around the page identifying the Stanley Croft Transmission Line and the premises being their main distribution store.

ALT Laurel garland with the handle and tip of a sword running through it. Legend below the garland reads - For King & Country. Text in the centre of the garland reads - The Roll of Honour of Birmingham Men Who Gave Their Lives in The Great War. On one side of this text is date 1914 and directly opposite 1918. Lettering and decoration in gold.

ALT A street scene - a car in the bottom left of the picture in front of properties – one of which is the Liverpool Victoria Assurance office. A telephone box further down the street past the buildings. Hording on the opposite side of the road. People in the mid background either walking or on bicycles. Rows of housing in the far background of the photograph.

ALT A female figure sat in a chair in full mayoral regalia - gown, chain of office and hat. She is looking directly at the camera. She is sat in an office with a wooden desk to the left with two plant pots nearby. A framed photograph of the Duke of Edinburgh behind her. Flock wallpaper on the wall and plush carpeting.

ALT A framed charter written in Latin. A line drawing of what appears to be a regal figure in the top left of the charter - this has not been illuminated. A heading in Latin next to this which begins with the word Edwardus. Text below again in Latin outlining the setting up of the school - location and funds. Marginalia in the bottom right of the image just below the text.

ALT Front cover of a souvenir brochure. Photograph of a male figure in the top left of the cover – Mr W Adams. Text on the right reads – Birmingham Football Club Limited. Below this are words identifying this brochure is celebrating the opening of the new ground at St. Andrews on 26 December 1906. Photograph in the bottom right corner of another male figure - Mr W W Hart.

ALT A photograph of a public memorial on a plinth. The sculpture takes the form of two hands emanating from a block of metal reaching upward clasping a circular object. Names are etched onto the base of the sculpture. A church in the background of the photo with its clock face in the top right of the photo.

ALT Text at the top of the image reads - Birds Eye View Map of the City of Birmingham. Below this a map of the centre of Birmingham. Many inter crossing roads and streets. Legend at the bottom of the map reads - The City of Birmingham Sketched 1904.

ALT Front cover of a trade catalogue. Words at the top read – Wine List. Beneath this is an illustrative inlay of a building in a basic Georgian style. A basic line illustration of a bunch of grapes dripping from the bottom left of the illustrative inlay. The words Mackie & Gladstone Ltd., Wine and Spirit Merchants beneath this. Birmingham address of the business below this.

ALT A book on a box. Front cover of the book facing on to the camera. Title is The Unofficial Wolverhampton. Below this, graphics of a city skyline including a mounted figure on a horse on the left of the graphic. Below this, the subtitle - An A - Z of People, Machines, Music and Trouble. Author’s name at the bottom of the front cover. An office behind the book consisting of desks and two doors leading to other rooms.

ALT A photograph of an allotment. A large pool in the foreground with vegetation around it. A circle of stones on the far left of the photo demarcating an area of cultivation. A shed behind this in the far left of the photo with a tree behind it. A row of stones in the top right of the photograph. A considerably raised area behind this with a house on top of the raised point.

ALT A photographic portrait of a female figure. She is wearing a large brimmed hat with a flower design on it. Her clothing consists of a shirt with collars and what appears to be a tie. She is dressed in a heavy winter coat with a large fur collar.